Zorb ride in Russian mountains proves deadly

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In this frame grab made Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013, taken from APTN video provided by Yekaterina Achkasova, as her husband Denis Burakov climbs inside the large plastic ball called a zorb, with another man, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at a winter sports venue at Dombai in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia. What was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball has ended in tragedy when the zorb veered off course and sailed over a cliff, killing Denis Burakov and leaving the other man badly injured. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by Yekaterina Achkasova, APTN)